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Walter Beck

Photograph of Walter Beck in a baseball stadium.

Walter "Boom Boom" Beck

Photograph of Walter "Boom Boom" Beck in his Phillies uniform.

G.W. Betzer and W.T. Jones

Photograph of a G.W. Betzer and W.T. Jones. Betzer was a member of the 41st. Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He was president of the Volunteer Regiment at one time. He was a farmer. There is no information on W.T.…

Boltz Family #2

Photograph of Laura Boltz, Martha Boltz, Emma Boltz, and Emilie Boltz of the Boltz family. They are sitting in a parlor or living room.

Fred Parwolski Wields Machetes in Front of His Meat Packing Store (Boltz Family #7)

Photograph of Fred Parwolski holding machetes outside of his meat packing store in Decatur IL. There are also 3 unknown men in the photo. The photo was taken sometime between 1903 and 1909

Emilie, Fred, Willie, and Edwin Parwolski (Boltz Family #4)

Two photographs of the Parwolski family. The first is of Emilie (Boltz) Parwolski, Fred Parwolski, and their two sons, Willie and Edwin. The second is of Fred and one of the sons by the back door. Both were taken in 1906 in Decatur, IL .

Bernard Bradley

Photograph of Bernard Bradley (b. 1859, d. 10/15/1941), a Decatur merchant and partner in the Bradley Bros. department store. Bradley came to Decatur in 1881, and opened the store at 123 N. Water with his brother, Dennis. The store moved from this…

Barkley Selby Brooks

Photograph of Barkley Selby Brooks (d. 3/3/1954), an Decatur architect and building with the firm Brooks, Bramhall, and Dague. He was the architect on the Decatur High School, the junior high schools, Millikin University, D&MC Hospital, Macon County…

Maria Buckingham

Photograph of Maria Buckingham, Mrs. Lynn Barnes, and Mrs. John Cantrall standing in front of a house. Maria Buckingham (d. 7/30/1937) was a native of Decatur and a prominent member of several civic organizations. She was the secretary of the…